This week’s Instant Follow Friday is dedicated to the beautiful, the positively likable, the bootylicious Jennifer Lopez.

Jenny from the block still has it going on. I mean, her booty has its own hashtag (#JLoBooty), and like a total badass, she’s walking a thin line with censorship right now because her booty crack is just so mesmerizing (and thus allegedly not suitable for young audiences), that the network execs hosting the AMA’s on Sunday are nervous she’s going to treat our eyes to a little extra during her live performance (one can only hope!).

Since her early days, Jennifer Lopez has held a perhaps small but very tender place in our hearts. Whether you knew her as “Jenny from the block”, one half of the original “Bennifer” (hehe), or as a certifiably cute rom-com actress (The Wedding Plannerbasically defines the entire history of romantic comedies), you’ve got to admit that after all these years, JLo is shaking it better than anyone else on the floor.

Yes, her booty is mesmerizing. Yes, her and Iggy Azalea (and her and BFF Leah Remini) have amazing chemistry. And yes, her selfie game is on point. But this tenderness we have for her isn’t just about da booty.

When it comes down to it, JLo is a bright beam of inspiration and positivity! Just watch one minute of American Idol and what you’ll see is genuine emotion. When she smiles, we smile; and when she cries of happiness, we’re compelled to cry of happiness too.

Finally, her social media accounts are a testament to how much she adores her fans, and vice versa! The outpouring of love she gives her fans via Instagram and Twitter is incredible, whether it’s in support for #booty or for her first book, True Love, (where she gets emotional about her romances with Marc Anthony and Ben Affleck).

Her love and appreciation (plus the fact that she looks like a goddess in workout clothing) reveals that, most importantly, JLo has unfeigned beauty inside and out.

While we were so caught up in the cuteness of Beyoncé and Blue Ivy‘s Michael and Janet Jackson costume, we really didn’t give credit to some of the other costumes that could have easily come in 2nd place.

I mean, are you kidding? She looks exactly like him! I still can’t stop giggling when I look at the photos again… But did SelGo or Biebs find them just as laughable?

Bieber might have been too into his own Power Ranger costume to notice, but at least Gomez did! Though she hasn’t reposted or commented on it, the singer showed her appreciation for the costume by giving it a nod on Instagram and double-tapping (which we all know is a sign of respect).

And, per usual, Heidi Klum transformed herself into an entirely different species so well that people will be talking about it until she turns into some sort of crazy faun, complete with ingrown horns, next Halloween.

Coco Austin is letting her inner demon loose, and damn it looks good on her!

The 35-year-old model is getting in the spooky spirit of Halloween and trying on some costumes for the upcoming holiday, giving us a sneak peek at one veryrevealing outfit.

Wearing a plunging black and red one-piece suit with a belt clenching her waist, Coco looks hot as hell in her devilish costume, which of course pays justice to her curvaceous body.

She captioned the photo, “Where are all my tricker treaters at? @fittea is a real treat for Halloween! Use my Coco promo code at www.FitTea.com to get my treat. Promo Code: coco Testing out a #halloweencostume ..Do u like?”

Spotted out and about in various areas of Los Angeles, a ton of celebrities were spotted out and about on Friday night, in costume, ready to party. The place to be, though, was the annual Casamigos Halloween Party in Beverly Hills.

Ms. Duff, dressed as some sort of hippie fairy, was interestingly enough spotted hand-in-hand with her estranged hubby Mike Comrie. That photo, along with all of the others, is available in the amazing photo gallery above.

And where celebs like Paris and Kate stayed a bit traditional with their odes to Minnie Mouse and the Mexican holiday, Day of the Dead, it’s Trachtenberg’s transformation into the infamous Black Dahlia that’s truly horrifying.

Worth some sort of honorable mention for being the most meta costume of the night, former Nip/Tuck star Kelly Carlson stepped out looking just like her old character Kimber.

Don’t forget to keep checking back for updates on all of the Halloween fun and let us know what you think of all the costumes in the gallery below.

I’ve seen you for sometime now, but I don’t think you’ve ever seen me. I am a costume designer who has ventured into collections… Of underwear… I know, so base in concept! However, I’ve solved this runway issue by wrapping their presentation in fanciful displays of art and craftsmanship on a slew of gender blending beauties.

I’m inviting you to my show because I’d hate for you to feel left out.

I was never invited to show in New York until this year and I felt pretty left out… I’m sure you had nothing to do with this.

My last collection, which was also my first, received over 3 million hits and, for the last year, has been the center of discussion for gaggles of giggly gays and their allies worldwide. This next show promises to be even more acclaimed. I respectfully invite you to the debut of my second collection title, “Collection 3, Slut goes to the Moon”. I sincerely hope you can attend.

Thank you for your time,

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Every fashion show should have as much energy as the Marco Marco: Collection Three Runway Presentation did. There was a ton of attitude on the runway, which is exactly what Marco Marco’s creations needed. The boys and drag queens modeling WORKED it and worked it good. All 37 looks!

Here is a little Vine of Marco Morante greeting the crowd at the end of his show.

The super futuristic ultra-styled looks were all DayGlo-ed out and were full of sparkle goodness. Fierce was the best way to describe the fashion and the models from the show. They worked it like there was no tomorrow and the crowd ate it all up. It was an utterly amazing show.

Last night Adam and Queen took the stage at the iHeartRadio theatre in LA to promote their upcoming tour, and it was awesome. The guys rocked the audience with 8 of Queen’s most amazing songs, including the rarely performed “Love Kills”.

Adam looked very comfortable on stage with rock legends Brian May and Roger Taylor–probably because he’s the only current performer with the balls to take on something theatrical like Queen.

I mean, have you ever had a dream about gold? Because Adam has. He woke up from a dream about the tour and decided, “I think it needs more gold. What if instead of the industrial iron and steel look, we went with more gold!”

So he’s got funky taste and an amazing voice? I’m into it. Just listen to him singing “Love Kills” below and try not to fall in love with him.

For those of you who are beyond excited about the upcoming tour, launch the gallery to get a taste of Adam and Queen from last night. And don’t forget to watch “Love Kills” below. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ll just be over here, continuing the excited dance I started last night.

The glam rocker has been browsing some pricey pads in the Hollywood Hills now that his high-rise digs are up for grabs as of Jan. 31 for a cool $6,000… so he recently went on a guided tour of this $2.4 million hillside retreat.

The gated 3,400 square foot starter home comes with 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms in the heart of the L.A. hills. The nearly 1-acre lot has French doors that lead to magical gardens that surround the sparkling pool, canyon vistas, and a rocker must-have — plenty of room for his pimped out rides with space for 10-plus cars.

Not to mention, the entire upper floor could be Lambert’s lair, considering it takes up the master suite with private balcony, dressing room and ridiculously large closet to keep his fierce fashion in pristine condition.

Britney’s sister Jamie Lynn Spears was spotted with her finance Jamie Watson as she sat next to her mother and threw her hands in the air in support of her sister who was on stage inches away from them.

Selena Gomez was also dancing next to Katy Perry as she was taking photos during the show.

Britney tweeted her appreciation of her celebrity friends attending the concert.

He may be busy releasing a holiday album and planning a wedding to fiancée Renee Puente but Matthew Morrison still has time to throw his fourth annual Halloween birthday bash. The Glee teacher, who turns 35 on Wednesday, hosted the party in Hollywood over the weekend and guests really got into the spirit with some crazy costumes. Disclaimer: we have no idea what/who a few of these people are supposed to be.

Click through the gallery above to see Matthew, Chord Overstreet, Naya Rivera, Chris Colfer, Adam Lambert and more in their Halloween finest.

The singer’s eldest son, Usher Raymond V, is reportedly smiling, laughing and even eating since his freak accident in his backyard pool earlier this week. Get the scoop on when the tot will be able to leave the hospital on TMZ.

“It’s gayby shower day! He’s trying to talk!” Fergie tweeted, sharing a snap of herself dressed up for her bash.

Guests were treated to burlesque drag performances, sipped Fergie’s own wine, Ferguson Crest, and on specialty cocktails — including Patron Ferg-aritas — and indulged in custom-made, colorful Dylan’s Candy bars as well as a white, blue and black four-tiered cake, adorned with lollipops and a teddy bear and baked by Sweet E’s bakery.

Last summer the 31-year-old became the first openly gay recording artist to debut a record at number one on the Billboard 200 Chart, sang onstage with Queen, and, just this week, it was announced that he had landed a guest starring role on the upcoming season of Glee.

Today though, the American Idol alum announced a plan to walk away from his record label and it’s all because of an 80’s cover album. An 80’s cover album that neither he nor his fans wanted.

In a letter sent to The Hollywood Reporter yesterday, Lambert says that although he had a great number of years working at RCA, they ultimately came to a point where their creative differences became too much to bear.

Because he’s so well spoken, you can read his entire statement below:

Thank you for your continued interest in, and support of, my musical career. After reading your article on July 8th, and seeing the very impassioned responses, I thought it would be good to write and let you know what is actually happening with my next album.

I’ve had an amazing few years working with the team at RCA; I admire all of them a great deal, and truly appreciate the energy & enthusiasm that went into making both “Trespassing” & “For Your Entertainment” successes.

That said, at this point, we are indeed having the oft-cited “creative differences” as to what my next project will be. Your article was correct, the label is “pushing for an (80’s) covers album,” and feels that this is the only kind of release they are prepared to support. While there are lots of great songs from that decade, my heart is simply not in doing a covers album.

Over the past four years, I have been truly fortunate to work with an amazing roster of producers, writers and engineers. Thanks to them, I have grown as both a songwriter and a vocalist. Artistically & professionally, I think it is essential that I continue with this evolution. I am already deep into writing new material with some very talented colleagues for a brand new album, and I can’t tell you how excited I am to share this new sound & direction. This music is where my heart is, and I believe that is what my fans want to hear. So after careful consideration, I have made the decision to respectfully part ways with RCA. My passion for the music & respect for the fans will always come first. I am excited to find a new label team who shares this vision.

McKee herself is the songwriter behind massive hits such as Katy Perry‘s “Part of Me,” “Teenage Dream,” “Last Friday Night” and “California Gurls”; Ke$ha‘s “C’mon” and Taio Cruz‘ “Dynamite.” So when it was time to debut her own music, the girl naturally called in her roster of celebrity friends for favors. Like, everyone.

“American Girl” itself is pretty much destined to be a summer jam — and basically describes 80 percent of tweens on Tumblr — as McKee sings of falling in love at the “7-11 parking lot” and being “raise by television.” Full lyrics are now available on Directlyrics.

Hollywood’s love affair with tattoos has produced some of the most personal, inspirational and ridiculous designs on the most famous bodies.

Back in November, Scarlett Johansson paid a trip to famed French tattoo artist and graffiti artist Fuzi Uvtpk for some fresh ink. The 28-year-old’s collection also includes two circles with the letter “A” on her right ankle, a colored sunrise on her left forearm and an “I Heart NY” charm bracelet etched on her right wrist.

Among One Direction, the boys have a combined total of more than 60 works of art — though Niall Horan is still a tattoo virgin. The heartthrob recently told We Love Pop magazine that he had plans to join Harry Styles, Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson, but was denied at a tattoo parlor in Los Angeles.

“I did actually decide to get ‘Made in Ireland’ in green on my arse cheek. I went to this place in L.A. but they wouldn’t do it. They said, ‘The skin on your arse is too squidgy. It needs to be tight.’”

Happy birthday to Adam Lambert! It’s hard to believe the former American Idol contestant, who appeared on the show back in 2009, turns 31 today, but we have no doubt the outrageous and outspoken singer will celebrate in style.

A true original, Lambert’s wacky, out-of-the-box look is as much a part of his appeal as his music. So in honor of his birthday, we’re celebrating his original style with a look back at his wackiest ensembles over the years.

From skinny pants in every fabric to loads of leather embellished with handcuffs and bondage-inspired accents, platform boots, black nail polish and heavy eyeliner, Lambert’s rocker-chic style can’t be boxed into a single category.

In fact, his head-turning style has led some to compare him to another performer known as much for her outrageous outfits as for her music – Lady Gaga.

When Lambert first hit it big as a contestant on American Idol, legendary fashion personality and Creative Ambassador-at-Large for Barney’s New York, Simon Doonan likened Lambert to the Gaga of men’s fashion in an interview with WWD.

“Just as now Lady Gaga is bringing back real glam rock for women, Adam is opening that door up for men,” Doonan told WWD in 2009.“You can wear the python boots and the shiny jacket.”

Though Lambert’s style has continued to evolve since he shot to fame as Idol‘s breakout star, the performer continues to march to the beat of his own sartorial drum in unique and out-of-the-box outfits.

It was a night of memorable moments and performances on Sunday, as VH1 brought out the biggest names in music for its annual VH1 Divas concert.

From Miley Cyrus to recently engaged singer Kelly Clarkson, fans were treated to one epic performance after another — not to mention a wonderful tribute to the late Whitney Houston, led by her Sparkle co-star, Jordin Sparks.

The American Idol runner-up recently showed off his impressive upper arm tattoo on Twitter. “It represents my Astrological Birth Chart, along with Pagan, Buddhist, and Greco- Roman Archetypes related to balance and the life cycle,” Lambert explained.

The highly anticipated midseason CW show, The Carrie Diaries, finally has its premiere date. The show will make its debut on Monday, Jan. 14, 2013 at 8 PM. The Carrie Diaries is a prequel of sorts to HBO’s Sex and the City and features a 1980s Carrie Bradshaw and the first love of her life: Manhattan. Fellow CW show 90210 will move to 9 PM when the freshman series premieres. [The CW]

VH1’s Divas is having a dance party hosted by Adam Lambert. The franchise will pay tribute to Whitney Houston and Donna Summer with performances from Ciara, Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato, Kelly Rowland, andJordin Sparks. The show will air live on Sunday, Dec. 16 at 9 PM. [VH1]

Next week’s episode of The CW’s Gossip Girl will feature Frank Ocean heavily. No, not the man himself but his music. The episode, “Monstrous Ball,” will exclusively include five of the rapper’s songs. This is the first time an episode of the drama has featured only one artist on its soundtrack for an episode. Gossip Girl airs Mondays at 9 PM on The CW. [The CW]

The History Channel series, Pawn Stars, is launching a new website, Pawnstars.com. The website allows fans to pawn items using pawngo, watch episodes, purchase merchandise and play their Facebook game. [History]

Ladies and Gentlemen, let’s give it up for The CW’s Arrow. The superhero drama saw a 30 percent increase in ratings Wednesday night with 3.7 million viewers, bringing the show back to tie its premiere rating in the ad-coveted 18-49 demographic. NBC’s Chicago Fire also saw a big jump of 44 percent thanks in large part to its lead in of The Voice. Speaking of The Voice, the show handily beat FOX’s The X Factor with 10.4 and 6.9 million viewers respectively. [EW]

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Truly, it hasn’t been all about the Emmy nominations on Thursday as some of our favorite shows have been busy casting.

Adam Lambert is reportedly in the running to return to American Idol as a judge, but it’s confirmed that he’ll perform on an upcoming episode of ABC Family’s Pretty Little Liars. He’s shooting the Halloween episode (alongside star Lucy Hale) next week and will perform a couple songs. You know what would be even better? If Glambert went glamping… [RyanSeacrest.com]

Have you met the new girl in Mystic Falls?

With Elena (Nina Dobrev) going all undead next season, The CW’s The Vampire Diaries has just hired a new actress who can fill the human hole she left behind. Nine Lives of Chloe King actress Grace Phipps joins as April, who moves back to Mystic Falls after deciding to leave her private school. [Zap2it]

Revenge’s showrunner Mike Kelley has said that we’ll end up meeting Emily’s mother next season and now we know who’s playing her. Jennifer Jason Leigh will be the former Mrs. Clarke. Expect her to be “volatile and dangerous.” She sounds like a piece of work, eh? [TVLine]

Seattle Grace is staffing up. Camilla Luddington, who plays faerie Claudette on HBO’s True Blood, will play a young doctor on Grey’s Anatomy. The British actress starred as the new princess in Lifetime’s William & Kate movie and appeared on Showtime’s Californication. The role is recurring right now with the option to become a series regular. [Deadline]

News broke this week that American Idol may be considering an overhaul of its judges panel. And as contracts go into negotiations and the “Jennifer Lopez: Will she or won’t she?” question still looms, the show could be headed for a shakeup in the form of Idol runner-upAdam Lambert.

But looking past the notion of the buzz created by a spikey-haired, pop-punk, the Lambert possibility could be interpreted as the ring of a 911 call for the FOX competition.

“The ratings are now plummeting at an alarming rate and the show looks and feels older and stodgier than the competition,” Richard Rushfield, who wrote the extensive tome on the show, American Idol: The Untold Story, tells Celebuzz. “This may be the last chance to shake it up if it’s to avoid a freefall.”

The Hollywood Reporter’s Music Editor, Shirley Halperin, says that the falling ratings can be alarming to not only FOX, but several other companies with stakes in the show’s success: FremantleMedia, 19 Entertainment, Universal Music, Ford and Coca-Cola among them.

May’s Idol finale was the least-watched of the series’ 11-season run. And while 21.5 million viewers is still quite impressive, it represented a 26 percent drop from last season’s finale.

“It’s not the kind of drop you can ignore,” Halperin tells Celebuzz. “It could mean make-goods to advertisers, smaller budgets to work with, things that directly affect the bottom line. In times of desperation, drama often works and that’s what these alleged public shake-ups are. They’re also a way to test the field and see who the public reacts to.”

Rickey.Org founder, Rickey Yaneza, also stresses the importance of creating buzz at a time when Idol’s ratings are at an all-time low and other shows are crowding the genre. Simon Cowell famously dropped judges Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger, as well as hunky host Steve Jones after an inaugural season that averaged about 12 million viewers – eight million less than his now-famous pre-debut prediction.

“I think that Idol is taking a page from The X Factor playbook,” Yaneza, whose comprehensive coverage of the FOX talent competition and other reality TV shows has made him popular as a go-to source for fans, says.

Idol isn’t alone in taking the X Factor’s approach. The CW’s way of freshening up its long-running and ratings-challenged America’s Next Top Model meant firing original stars Nigel Barker, J. Alexander and Jay Manuel before its next Cycle. That definitely got the media and the show’s fans’ attention.

“There may be some contract negotiations in play here, but I think Idol needs the chatter now in a very competitive space,” Yaneza also says. “It seems that it’s all about The X Factor right now and it will be that way into the fall. Can Idol beat the Britney [Spears]/Demi [Lovato] combo? I don’t know. The Adam Lambert buzz was a bit weak from a non-fan standpoint.”

After Lambert came the obligatory rush among the media to name as many people that it could siphon off from tips, whispers and sheer conjecture. Of the many artists who are reportedly up for a judging position, our experts say that Miley Cyrus’ youth may be a good match for The X Factor’s Lovato and that Will.I.Am and Fergie (who had earlier this year shot down rumors she was in consideration for an X Factor slot) would bring experience and career success to the panel.

Meanwhile, Katy Perry is on record with THR as saying that she has been approached by shows, but she has some big creative projects she’d rather spend her time and energy on over judging a talent competition.

But, is a change even necessary? The ratings would say yes. And our experts pretty much agree that while Lopez is the lone keeper on the current panel, Idol should do something pretty drastic at this point.

“I think it either has to reinvent itself or go down with its aging audience,” Rushfield says.

“They really need to stop reacting to the competition and think outside of the box,” Yaneza says. “All of these things: The judge dynamics on The Voice, the over-the-top production and now the Britney star power of The X Factor — American Idol could have done earlier, but now they’ve fallen behind on those ideas.”

Halperin suggests a pretty huge makeover of the judges panel – as in they should be replaced every season. “That would be the most exciting thing they can do at this point,” she says. “And that’s based on the same principle of having a new batch of contestants every year.”

“It wouldn’t require too much of a commitment from the music star — so he or she doesn’t have to stop touring,” she continues. “And would keep people guessing but in a good way, not engaging in a pointless game of speculation.”

Overall, the experts we spoke to seem to think that an overhaul of some kind – especially a youthful one as Lambert’s consideration would suggest – is necessary right now.

In the meantime, one thing is clear: We’ll just have to suffer through the numerous speculations as to what (or who) those changes will be. Meanwhile, all the dimming show’s interested parties are probably crossing their fingers and hoping that this period of buzz is enough to keep the flame burning.

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“[The show has] been talking about Adam for over a month,” a source revealed in a report published late Sunday evening. “He personifies the show and will be a popular choice right from the start. He knows what it’s like to be on the receiving end of the judges’ comments, he has a human touch, and they know they can’t go wrong if they bring him on. He would be able to bring a unique perspective to the show. People love him.”

No word yet on whether Lambert would join the show as a fourth judge or replace one of the seats filled by Randy Jackson,Jennifer Lopez or Steven Tyler, none of whom have said whether they’ll be at the judges’ table when Idol returns to FOX in January.

Sources went on to say that the entire judges’ lineup is in question as FOX begins to make preparations for season 12. Jackson, who has been with the show since it launched in 2002, may lose his spot if the show opts for a “new look,” says the source, while a source close to Tyler claims his future with the show is “up in the air.”

Lopez, meanwhile, has been hinting for months that she may not return to the show, with sources claiming that she is “too busy” to maintain Idol’s grueling schedule.

In the meantime, we do know that host Ryan Seacrest will indeed be back for another season; in April, the affable host renewed his contract for another two years.

Lambert — whose sophomore album Trespassing topped the Billboard 200 albums chart in May — competed on the eighth season of American Idol in 2009. He finished in second place, behind Kris Allen.

In May, Celebuzz spoke to Lambert, who is openly gay, about President Barack Obama’s decision to support same-sex marriage in America — a decision Lambert referred to as “fantastic.”

“It feels like we’re on the run because of who we’re in love with,” he said. “It’s so freaking ridiculous. There are far more important things we should be concerned about in this country than who someone is sleeping with. Who gives a sh–? if someone wants to get married, why is it anyone’s business? I just don’t understand why everyone is so involved in fighting against gay marriage.”

Chris Brown and Drake have at least one thing in common with stars like Jeremy Renner, Adam Lambert and Brody Jenner: They’re all not too famous to end up in a bar brawl.

As New York City police investigate the fight between the two hip hop stars at club W.I.P. early Thursday morning, Celebuzz has compiled a list of Hollywood’s biggest bar brawlers.

Who made the list?

While Brown and Drake’s New York nightclub fight was pretty wild — with five people injured after bottles were tossed — it is Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps star Shia LaBeouf who takes the top spot for being a repeat offender.

Also getting himself in multiple fights is The Hill‘s star Brody Jenner.

But it is not just Hollywood’s leading men who find themselves in a spot of bother. Indeed, many of Tinseltown’s hottest ladies have come to blows when they’re out on a big night.

Less than 24 hours after Adam Lambert released his new sophomore album Trespassing, it has already taken the No. 1 spot on iTunes. To say the American Idol alum is ecstatic is an understatement.

“I already saw some pretty important reviews, and everything was kosher. That was a very validating… At the end of the day, being a mainstream artist obviously there is pressure to sell. I can’t control that, but I can control the quality of the songs,” Lambert, 30, told Celebuzz at the MLB Fan Cave in New York City.

Although he’s enjoying the success, he’ll be the first to admit it didn’t come easily. Now with Season 11 contestants Joshua Ledet, Jessica Sanchez and Phillip Phillips all vying for the coveted Idol title, Lambert is offering some advice to the wide-eyed singers.

Find out what tough love Adam is serving to the graduating Idol hopefuls — and much more below.

“The transition from a TV talent contest to mainstream radio is really tricky. It is a whole other industry. The rules are different. Your music is based on a lot more than just popularity. The hardest thing about the show is maintaining your own integrity as an artist. You have to work hard. Nothing happens instantly after the show,” he advises.

On Thursday (May 17), Lambert will be returning to his old stomping grounds, performing his new hit “Never Close Our Eyes” on the Idol stage. While he promises an “off the charts” stage show, he’s hoping to pull a few antics of his own backstage — like possibly raiding judge Steven Tyler‘s wardrobe closet!

“I love [Aerosmith frontman] Steven Tyler — and his wardrobe. Every time he comes on screen, I’m like, ‘What the hell is he wearing?!’ I love it… I should ask him if I can raid his closet,” the Grammy-nominated singer joked.

Up next, Lambert will be filling in for one of his primary influences, the late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, during five European concerts with Brian May and Roger Taylor of Queen.

“I’m excited and honored. There is a lot of work to be done. It has been a while since I covered someone else’s music. It’s a different type of challenge. I’ve done research… I want to pay respect to Freddie. I don’t want to just copy him and do an impression. I’m trying the best I can, working together with Brian and Roger. It’s going to be beautiful,” Lambert gushed.

The former Idol alum has no plans to tour in promotion of his own album, Trespessing, but hopes to have “something lined up by the end of the year.”

In the meantime, his fans can expect to see his new music video for “Never Close Your Eyes” within a few weeks. Trying not to give the whole concept away, Lambert revealed, “It’s a little sci-fi. It challenges and reinterprets the lyrics. It’s not obvious. I mean, with me I’m not into the obvious. I like to twist things.”